Lake Alexandrina

E168091

freshwater lake lake

Lake Alexandrina is a large, shallow freshwater lake in South Australia near the mouth of the Murray River, significant for its ecological value and cultural importance to the Ngarrindjeri people.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lake Alexandrina canonical	13
Lake Alexandrina (regionally nearby)	1
Lake Alexandrina, South Australia	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	freshwater lake ⓘ lake ⓘ
averageDepth	approximately 2.8 metres ⓘ
basinCountry	Australia ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 0.75 metres ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor	Ngarrindjeri people ⓘ
hasEcologicalSignificance	important habitat for waterbirds ⓘ part of a Ramsar-listed wetland system (Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert) ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssues	impacts from upstream water extraction ⓘ salinity management ⓘ water level variability ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	barrages at Boundary Creek ⓘ barrages at Ewe Island ⓘ barrages at Goolwa ⓘ barrages at Mundoo ⓘ barrages at Tauwitchere ⓘ
inflow	Angas River NERFINISHED ⓘ Bremer River (South Australia) ⓘ Finniss River (South Australia) ⓘ Murray River NERFINISHED ⓘ
isLargestLakeIn	South Australia (by surface area) ⓘ
isNaturalLake	true ⓘ
isShallow	true ⓘ
locatedIn	Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ surface form: Murray–Darling basin South Australia ⓘ
locatedNear	Coorong Lagoon ⓘ surface form: Coorong National Park Goolwa ⓘ Meningie ⓘ Milang ⓘ
managingAuthority	Government of South Australia ⓘ
maximumDepth	approximately 6 metres ⓘ
near	Murray River ⓘ surface form: Mouth of the Murray River
outflow	Lake Albert ⓘ Murray River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Ramsar-listed Coorong and Lower Lakes wetlands ⓘ surface form: Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland Lower Lakes ⓘ
RamsarSiteDesignationYear	1985 ⓘ
region	Fleurieu Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island region
separatedFrom	Coorong Lagoon by barrages ⓘ
surfaceArea	approximately 649 square kilometres ⓘ
traditionalOwners	Ngarrindjeri people ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ irrigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ
waterType	freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ngarrindjeri people → traditionalCustodiansOf → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ

Murray River → mouthLocation → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ

Charles Sturt → exploredRegion → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ

Charles Sturt → reachedLocation → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Alexandrina, South Australia

Murray Mouth → nearbyWaterBody → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ

Lake Albert → connectedTo → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ

Raukkan → locatedOn → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ

Meningie → waterBody → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Alexandrina (regionally nearby)

Raukkan community → locatedOn → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ

Ramsar-listed Coorong and Lower Lakes wetlands → contains → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ

Goolwa → locatedOnWaterbody → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ

Hindmarsh Island → locatedNear → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ

Point McLeay → locatedOn → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ

Narrinyeri → traditionalRegion → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ

Narrinyeri → associatedWaterBody → Lake Alexandrina ⓘ